Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Purba Bardhaman has 25,808 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹88,501, behind the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 52% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 17% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Purba Bardhaman, which ranks 10 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45.4 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 5.2%. The district has 79,008 registered service enterprises.
Mandated services and how to locate the MSME-DFO in Purba Bardhaman are in the Purba Bardhaman district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Purba Bardhaman youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.